The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-10
TIMBER CULTURE ENTRIES.

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district, we have received the fol
lowing circular from the genera
land office in regard to timber cu]
lures, approved July II, 1887:
The only persons who can max
timber culture entries under tn
act of June IA, 1878, are heads 0
families or single persons who hav,
attained the age of twenty-ont
years, and are citizens of the United
States Or have declared their inten-
tion to become such, and who have
made no previous timber culture
entries.
Entries are restricted to one quar-
ter section, which may be portions
Of contiguous subdivisions of the
section, provided the entry forms
compact body of land
No person can make more than
one entry and the right once ex-
hausted cannot be restored by the
Commissioner of the general land
office.
No more than one quarter of any
section can be embraced in one en-
try, and the entire section must be
exclusively prairie lands or other
lands devoid of timber The re-
moval of a natural growth of tim
Der will not render such land sub
ject to timber culture entry.
All affidavits required under the
timber culture laws must be made
before the register or the receiver
or the clerk of some court of record
or officer authorized to administer
oaths in the district where the land
is situated. Timber culture afi-
davits executed or signed outside of
the district in which the land is sit Il
uated are illegal. {
Timber culture entries cannot be o
made for mineral lands, nor lands p
within the limits of town sites, or II
by municipal improve Il
ments. II
The payments required by law on to
. timber culture entry are as fol-
lows; For 80 acres or less, fee So, bl
% be paid at date of entry; COM tn
nlSions ~; total SO. For more pc
han $50 acres, fee $40 and commits ST.
ions "a. Besides, in each case, "a 1t
When final proof is made. mi
Five acres on quarter section res
must be broken or plowed the first ne
ear, and five acres the second year. DO
he second year the first five acres COS
aust be cultivated to crop or other ea'
use. The third year the second 30
We acres must be cultivated to SAG
rop or otherwise, and the first Ave am
ores must be planted in timber, set
'eds, or cuttings. The fourth
ear the second five acres must be
lanted in timber, seeds, or cut
ngs. Ten acres are to be thus siri
lowed, planted and cultivated ON lea
quarter section, and the same An
'oportion when less than quar- for
r section is entered. pol
The preparation of the ground by of a
and cultivation to crops thu
ust be thorough. Rec
Trees, tree seeds, or cuttings stri
ust be Of suitable character to ton
rminate and grow with proper the
ltivation, and must be properly rect
out or planted. wisl
Where land is selected for timber Uni
lture which in its natural state be r
Il not produce trees without irri- for
ton, the ground will not be re- dust
rded as properly prepared northe tect
es as property cultivated unless tax
land is irrigated and the trees We
ot watered. live
Where the ground is properly as A
pared and cultivated, and the the ]
nting of suitable trees, seeds, or land
tings is well and seasonably by A
Re, and the same should not ent S
inmate and grow, the ground biliti
st be replanted and vacancies capt.
ID the same or next succeeding such
son: If the trees, seeds, or cut may
IS are destroyed by grasshop- great
J or by extreme and unusual
lphts. the time of nI,nt;,o ,,,o